Joe Irvin
Joseph David Irvin OBE is the chief executive of Living Streets, the UK charity that campaigns for pedestrians.[1] He was formerly CEO of the National Association for Voluntary and Community Action.[2]
He was previously a British Labour Party politician who was a political advisor to Gordon Brown during his term as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.[3] He has in the past worked as special advisor to Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, as well as for the Transport and General Workers' Union,[4] BAA[5] and the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds).[6]
Irvin was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to active travel and charities.[7]
Personal life[]
He is married to Diana Holland, Assistant General Secretary of Unite trade union and Treasurer of the Labour Party.
References[]
- ^ Living Streets Announces Joe Irvin as its new CEO, Charity Times, 21 July 2014
- ^ Guardian Voluntary Sector network
- ^ Gordon Brown's biggest influences: 40-31, Daily Telegraph, 12 Feb 2008
- ^ Labour to pick Chris Lennie as new general secretary, New Statesman, 27 June 2011
- ^ Deedes, Henry (2007-04-25). "Tories try to rubbish Gordon's next bag man". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 2013-01-26. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-29. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "No. 62866". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 2019. p. N12.
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